She comforts other wives as her husband ministers abroad
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Jennifer Cook is used to life as an Army wife. She realizes the stresses and strains that come with the territory.
But Operation Iraqi Freedom is an addition to an already stressful time for Cook. Her husband, Capt. Eddie Cook, a 2002 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate, is a chaplain in the 3rd Battalion of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment from Fort Bragg, N.C., currently deployed in the Middle East.
God cares about refugees, so we should minister to them
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| Hope for a child A child whose family fled hostilities in Iraq plays in a refugee camp on Jordan's border. God cares for the refugees, so His people must minister to them, a Southern Baptist worker says. Photo by Mike Creswell |
Televised baptism gives comfort to parents of slain soldier
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| A lasting moment Spc. James Kiehl of Comfort, Texas, and his wife, Jill, share one last moment together just prior to his deployment in February from Fort Bliss, Texas. The Pentagon identified Kiehl as one of the soldiers found dead during the rescue of an American POW in Iraq last week. |
Army Spc. James Kiehl, 22, was one of the soldiers found dead during the rescue of Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch. He had been listed as missing in action since their convoy, part of the 507th Maintenance Company based in Fort Bliss, Texas, was ambushed.
For days his parents in the small town of Comfort, Texas, had hoped their son would come home alive. Upon word of his death, they were reassured knowing he had been saved before going off to battle. Kiehl's baptism was videotaped by a television crew and broadcast on a Texas TV station.
Harm’s way prompting soldiers to ‘pray a little longer’
FORT LEONARD WOOD (BP)--Two veteran Southern Baptist officers stationed at Fort Leonard Wood say they can sense a spiritual awakening among soldiers at the nation's largest military training base.
Playing for a new team
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| A chat in the 'brake' room Chaplain Cory Cathcart speaks with a sailor manning the arresting gear machinery room under the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). At this control station the resistance for the arresting wires on the flight deck is varied depending on the weight and type of aircraft that is landing. Photo by Jim Veneman |
Sporting a military crewcut, broad shoulders and an easygoing smile, Cathcart has been called a "Navy poster boy" by others on the ship. But about 17 years ago, the Navy was the last thing on his mind.
Cathcart was an All-American who played for the University of Missouri for four years while completing a degree in human environmental studies. It was his dream to play for the NFL -- and he thought it would be realized rather quickly.
Waiting
JORDAN (BP)--This man is one of about 200 refugees from Iraq in a relocation camp in Jordan. Southern Baptist workers and other evangelicals are ministering to some of the needs of these refugees, who have left their homeland with little more than the clothes they were wearing. Stand alone photo.
‘What we have begun, we will finish,’ Bush vows to Marines at Camp Lejeune
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| Rallying the troops President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush greeted Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 3. “There’s no finer sight than to see 12,000 United States Marines and Corpsmen -- unless you happen to be a member of the Iraqi Republican Guard,” he said. Photo courtesy of the White House |
"We will not stop until Iraq is free," he said April 3 at the largest Marine Corps base on the East Coast. At least 11 Marines from Camp Lejeune have been killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and others are missing. The base has deployed more than 17,500 Marines to Iraq and may deploy thousands more.
The president acknowledged that this is a time of hardship for many military families and noted that some have been separated from their loved ones by long deployments.
"All of America is grateful for your sacrifice," Bush said. "And Laura and I are here to thank each one of you
IMB challenging churches to send ‘love gift’ to hungry Iraqis
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Southern Baptist relief workers expect hunger to be one of the major needs they find in Iraq when humanitarian aid finally is able to cross the border, and churches across the United States are being challenged to help minister to that need.
Directions for preparing family food boxes for Iraq
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--For less than $60, congregations can assemble a box of dry food that will feed a family of five in Iraq for about a month, in an initiative to be launched by the Southern Baptist International Mission Board once peace is restored in the Mideast nation.
Library of Congress selects Baptist Press war coverage to include in historic collection
WASHINGTON (BP)--The Library of Congress has informed Baptist Press that the Southern Baptist Convention news service has been selected for an Internet archive about Operation Iraqi Freedom.
